Soldiers were shot at Fort Stewart Army Base in Georgia
Five soldiers were shot dead at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Everything is in a stable state. Quornelius Radford is suspected of being in custody.
ATLANTA — Fort Stewart’s sergeant fired on five colleagues at Georgia Army Base Wednesday morning, Aug. 6, officials said. The fellow soldiers responded quickly and tackled him on the ground.
Army brig. General John Lebas, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, told reporters that all five of them filmed “will be “recovered” in “stable condition.”
Rubas said according to Sergeant Stewart Fort Soldier. Quornelius Radford, 28, a non-committed officer in automated logistics, was arrested and taken into custody at the scene. Radford field soldiers typically manage maintenance or warehouse operations by performing orders and tracking tasks on the Army computer system.
Radford was recently arrested for driving under the influence, Lubus said, but “it was unknown to his chain of command until (the shooting) happened.”
The shooting took place at a workplace in Radford, and colleagues were involved, Lubus said. The sergeant used a “personal handgun.”
The soldiers who witnessed the attack held back Radford, the general said. “These soldiers definitely hindered further victims,” he said.
The two soldiers who were shot dead were taken via ambulance to Memorial Health University Medical Center, a trauma center that is about an hour’s drive in Savannah. Hospital spokesman Brina Gordon said the helicopters were unable to support due to local weather conditions.
The other three were treated at Winn Army Community Hospital. One of them required surgery, Lubas said.
Radford began the fire before 11am, said Lubus fired in a South Georgia installation area associated with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division, a tank unit that returned from its deployment in Europe in the summer of 2024.
The entire fort was locked up shortly afterwards, and according to the Post, Radford was arrested at 11:35am. Fort Stewart lifted the lockdown for most of the base just after noon and declared the post “all clear” just before 2pm.
Several law enforcement agencies, including the Hinesville Police Department, joined the Army to respond to the incident. The FBI said it is in response to the Fort Stewart scene and will provide resources or investigative support upon request.
According to White House spokesman Caroline Levitt and Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegses have been briefed on the shooting and are monitoring the situation.
Filming on Wednesday was the second filming in recent years that occurred in the workspace of the second Armored Brigade Combat Team. In December 2022, a fellow soldier shot and killed a sergeant. Nathan Hillman in the unit’s building complex.
Here’s what we know so far about the incident:
Georgia court records show that Radford was arrested in May for driving under the influence of Fort Stewart in Liberty County.
According to Liberty County Court records, Georgia’s patrol arrested Radford on May 18 for driving under the influence of alcohol. He was driving a 2021 Nissan Ultima with a Florida Plate.
Radford was also charged with running a red light, court records show. Liberty County Court officials did not immediately respond to requests for additional information from USA Today.
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Sadie Mohrbacher was in the theater watching a new Fantastic Four film when she received a horrifying text message from her sister on Wednesday morning.
Maulbacher, 25, ran out of the theatre and called his sister, Page Shipley, who lives at Stewart Military Base in Georgia. Ciple says she was home alone, closed the door, closed all the curtains, and took shelter in the upstairs closet with her dog ranger.
Ciple’s husband, an active soldier who worked at Bass, was safe and was able to return home from work after the lockdown was lifted in parts of Fort Stewart.
“It was horrifying,” Maulbacher told USA Today.
Other military bases have also experienced mass shootings in recent years.
In 2019, a foreign flight training officer from Saudi Arabia killed eight more naval sailors and injured eight more in a shooting at Pensacola, a Naval Air Station in Florida. Investigators have decided on the second Mohammed Said Al-Shamrani who died in the attack.
Army experts stationed in Fort Hood, Texas killed three soldiers and shot 12 more before dying of suicide in 2014. SPC. Ivan Lopez Lopez, the archer, experienced personal and workplace problems before the murder.
In 2013, Navy contractor Aaron Alexis killed 12 people at the Navy Yard Complex in Washington, DC.
And in 2009, Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan killed 13 people, most of whom killed soldiers and injured more than 30 people in a terrorist attack at the Deployment Medical Processing Center in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan was injured, arrested and sentenced to death for murder. The US Supreme Court refused to hear Hasan’s final appeal in March and confirmed his death sentence.
Fort Stewart and several schools around it entered temporary blockades as the shootings were deployed at a vast military base.
Three schools serving military children at Fort Stewart were blocked Wednesday morning, according to a warning from the Department of Defense Educational Activities. Education continued during the lockdown, but no one could enter or leave school, Alert said. The lockdown was lifted around 12:30pm in the East.
In Liberty County, where most of the bases are located, two primary and secondary schools have entered soft lockdown “from a wealth of attention.” It was the first day for students returning to school after summer vacation.
In Appling County, more than 20 miles from Fort Stewart, all county schools were placed under level 1 lockdown before being lifted around 1pm, the school system said on social media.
Georgia lawmakers said they were praying for soldiers and their families in a post on social media.
“Participate in prayer for the victims, their families and the brave law enforcement officers who work to protect our community,” said Rep. Buddy Carter, a Republican who represents the district, including Fort Stewart.
Another Georgia Republican, Rep. Mike Collins, also sought prayers for soldiers and first responders.
“I’m heartbroken today after seeing news of an active shooter incident at Fort Stewart,” said Georgia Sen. Rafael Warnock, a Democrat. “I will closely monitor the situation and participate in everything in Georgia to pray for the safety of our military personnel, staff and their families.”
Fort Stewart in the US Army is a vast military facility located in southeastern Georgia, covering 438 square miles.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the base is home to the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and houses around 10,000 people, including active duty forces, families and civilian employees.
The base dates back to 1940, when it opened as an anti-aircraft training facility. Over the decades, size and population have grown steadily. Today, it serves thousands of active duty military, families, students, retirees, contractors and private employees.
